# prei
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* porei (dated)
* porrei (obsolete)
* porreij (obsolete)
* porrey (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle Dutch poreye, from Old French poree.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prɛi̯/
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: prei

### Noun

prei m (plural preien, diminutive preitje n)
* leek (a stem vegetable, Allium ampeloprasum syn. Allium porrum)

#### Derived terms

* bolprei
* preisoep

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: prei
* → Indonesian: prei
* → Papiamentu: prei
* → West Frisian: prei

### Further reading

* prei on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Anagrams

* Pier, pier, riep

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ (prèi), from Dutch vrij (“free”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prei/
* Hyphenation: pri

### Noun

prei
* (colloquial) holiday, free, doing nothing.
    Synonym: libur

### Further reading

* “prei” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

prei
* Alternative spelling of prèi. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦺꦲꦶ

## Old Prussian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prei, from Proto-Indo-European *préy. Cognate with Lithuanian priẽ (“at, with, to”), príe- (“at, with, to”), Latvian prie- and Proto-Slavic *pri (“at, with, by”).

### Preposition

prei
* at
* with
* to

## Sranan Tongo
### Alternative forms

* pré (superseded)

### Etymology

From English play.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prei̯/

### Verb

prei
* (transitive, intransitive) to play (to be engaged in a game)
** ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎, page 107:Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?
* (transitive, intransitive) to play, to perform
** 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎, New York: Columbia University Press, page 240:Miɛ̮-go pre A - gi - da tɛ - dei̯ / Miɛ̮ - go pre A - gi - da tɛ - dei̯ / Kop-si pur' 'a wi - si / fo ka - ka a ba - ro / Miɛ̮- go pre A-gi - da tɛ - dei[Mi e go prei agida tide / Mi e go prei agida tide / Kopsi puru a wisi / fu kaka a bari-o / Mi e go prei agida tide]I will play the agida today / I will play the agida today / Kopsi will remove the evil magic / That the cock may crow, oh! / I will play the agida today
** 1968, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “Asadoe”, in Moetete‎, Paramaribo: Eldorado, page 30:a joe tanapoe lek kondre stonpopki / or' anoe a tap ede e sor keti koti / lek granman dede fafoedoe / arki joeroe e naki / jere n'apinti dron / tide a hondro jari manspasi / brok' a boei doro / di ankra joe kra/ djompo kon twist/ nanga den jongwenke / mindri / a bakafoetoe banja d'e pré[a yu tnapu leki kondre stonpopki / ori anu a tapu ede e sori keti koti / leki granman dede fafudu / arki yuru e naki / yere na apinti dron / tide a hondro yari manspasi / broko a bui doro / di ankra yu kra / dyompo kon twist / nanga den yonguwenke / mindri / a bakafutubanya di e prei]It's you who stands as a statue of the nation / holding your hand above your head and showing the broken chain / please add this translation if you can / hear the hour chime / listen to the apinti drum / today it's hundred years since emancipation / cleaved the shackle / that fixated your soul / jump up and come twist along / with the maidens / amidst / the dance for the dead that's being performed
** 1981, Thea Doelwijt, Prisiri stari. De pretster. Wan komedi-pré gi pikin. Een theaterspel voor kinderen [The star of joy. A theatre play for children]‎, Paramaribo: Eldoradoboek, →ISBN, page 114:Ini 1974 te kon miti a srefidensi foe Sranan (1975), a Doe-Theater pré: Libi Span ini na ati joe Sranan - wan totaal-theater-pré, pe singi, pokoe, dansi nanga pré moksi kon na wan, èn pe den someni koeltoeroe foe Sranan ben e begi foe a krakti foe Mama Sranan.[Ini 1974 te kon miti a srefidensi fu Sranan (1975), a Doe-Theater prei: Libi Span ini na ati fu Sranan - wan totaal-theater-prei, pe singi, poku, dansi nanga prei moksi kon na wan, èn pe den someni kulturu fu Sranan ben e begi fu a krakti fu Mama Sranan.]In 1974 until the independence of Suriname (1975), the Doe-Theater performed: Life's Exciting in the Heart of Suriname - a total-theatre play where song, music, dance and theatre mixed together, and where Suriname's many cultures invoked the strength of Mother Suriname.
* (transitive, intransitive) to play (to let an audiovisual storage medium run)
    Synonym: drai

### Noun

prei
* a play (a stage performance)
** 1952, Paula Velder, transl., “Midzomernachtsdroom [Midsummer Night's Dream]”, in Michiel van Kempen, Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel IV. De geschreven literatuur van 1923 tot 1975 [A history of Surinamese literature. Part IV. Written literature from 1923 to 1975]‎, Paramaribo: Okopipi, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, published 2002, page 96:Effi à pré no wakka boen, / Ano meki ie las' ie bro, / Dink dan datti ie bin djonko / En à kon joe leki visjoen[Efi a prei no waka bun, / a no meki yu lasi yu bro / denki dan dati yu ben dyonko / èn a kon yu leki fisyun]If the play didn't go well, / didn't make you lose your breath, / just think that you were slumbering / and it came to you like a vision